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The promulgation of Rerum Novarum by pope León XIII, in 1891, expressed the concern of the catholic Church for the social issue. The pontiff identified the social problem with the workers' question and established proposals to improve the living conditions of workers: one of them was tripartite cooperation between Church, State and employers/workers. The encyclical had profound repercussions in the world and Argentina was no exception. The country was fertile ground for the development of proposals that social catholicism sought to deploy. The passage through the first decades of the 20th century showed that there was no crisis of religion, no retraction of catholicism, no decline of confessional institutions, no triumph of the secular nation, on the contrary, catholicism was a key piece for the construction of modern Argentina. In the 1930s, the Argentine Catholic Church began a process of Christianization of society, while seeking to expand social Catholicism. In this context, the ecclesial hierarchy created the Argentine Catholic Action (ACA) and a specific branch within it to address the social issue, the Social Economic Secretariat (SES). The present work studies the protagonism of the laity in the ACA and in its social department, the SES, through which the Argentine Catholic Church centralized social action. The documentary material that supports the study is made up of statutes, regulations, reports, magazines published by catholic associations, the official bulletin of Catholic Action, as well as academic studies that have worked on the subject. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Promoting the empowerment and organization of rural women into collectives that generate income and contribute to the improvement of the living conditions in their communities, are necessary actions to achieve sustainable development. In Mexico, these strategies must be included in public policies and be in accordance with the Sustainable Development objectives issued in the 2030 Agenda of the United Nations Organization: gender equality and the end of poverty. In this article experiences of women in rural areas are described, the forms of organization, strategies for labor inclusion and progress in empowerment in the community of Chiquihuitlán, Jalisco. It is a qualitative, descriptive study, with the application of group interviews that allowed interaction with people obtaining important data for analysis and discussion. In the results, experiences, obstacles and challenges overcome are described, the institutional support received and the existing distance between the public policies outlined by the State and the reality perceived through the discourse of women. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aims to design a model of participatory management and sustainable development based on rural tourism in the Cusco region. This approach is developed in a methodology of applied type and descriptive level through two data collection instruments that were the observation and the questionnaire applied to 67 rural tourism enterprises present in the area. The results show the need to improve the living conditions of the locals and the support they need to progress in their enterprises, create new sources of work and thereby offer a better service to future tourists who visit them. It is concluded that there must be an improvement in rural tourism considering the protection of the environment, being in this case strictly necessary since from there it is intended to obtain growth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Why do some authoritarian regimes improve human development while others do not? Despite advances in research explaining different economic outcomes in democracies, little is known about why autocrats might improve living conditions in their countries. I argue that autocrats who allow executive elections face greater short-term risk of losing power. Consequently, they should be more likely to improve human development. To evaluate this argument, I use a sample of 135 autocracies between 1972 and 2008 and I conduct several cross-sectional time-series models. Evidence suggests that executive elections improve human development in autocracies in the short term. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An immense number of spontaneous, voluntary, and unpaid denunciations filled the courts of the dictatorships, often stemming from old daily disputes that gave rise to fanciful accusations, which in turn became the grounds for investigations, arrests, and torture in the organs of repression, thus transforming denunciation as a disintegrating element of fascism and dictatorships. This article examines the living conditions, trajectories, and mechanisms of resistance of the "asocial" individuals in fascist Italy, Nazi Germany, and the Estado Novo in Brazil. We employ a methodology that combines Crossed History and Microhistory, with the aim of highlighting "Resistenz" as a common and everyday form of action against pressure, in contrast to "Widerstand". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Santa Clara community "El Gigante" presents problems in access to first-rate services and other needs of the population. At the request of the key actors of the town, a group from the degree in Architecture of the Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas undertook a project for the urban regeneration of the town. Different research methods and techniques were applied, addressing the community as a complex, dynamic and multidimensional object. The participatory diagnosis carried out detected the absence of public spaces, the poor construction conditions of health and education facilities, the deficient organization of communal services, and the exodus of young people to other areas. The participatory urban regeneration project proposed for said community is aimed at improving the living conditions of the inhabitants through the comprehensive and coordinated intervention of different social, economic, environmental and cultural actors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article examines pre-and-post-migration poverty and non-poverty statuses of returned migrants from Malaysia by analyzing the basic needs/living standards in a village in Bangladesh, thereby underlining the factors that shape those statuses. In doing so, the study conducted a baseline survey on the study village and in-depth interviews of all returned migrants. The vignettes of migrants are categorized and analyzed through content analysis and pre-and-post-migration poverty conditions are scrutinized through a Basic Needs Approach (BNA). We find that the majority of poor, lower middle-class, and middle-class migrants have enhanced their pre-migration household resources and thereby have attained improved living standards compared to their pre-migration period. The study also finds that upon returning home, a portion of migrant households from all classes has experienced a decrease in resources, is now living in a worse living condition, and has fallen back to poverty. Moving out of and/or falling back into poverty is determined by a number of factors such as migrants' personal characteristics, migrant household members' employment statuses, initial household resources, and the governance systems of Bangladesh and Malaysia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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BACKGROUND: The number of confirmed COVID-19 deaths differed across countries and across waves of the pandemic. Patterns also differed between groups within a country. OBJECTIVE: We combine data on excess mortality with data on cause-of-death-specific mortality in the case of Sweden to identify which groups had excess mortality beyond what can be captured by analyses of COVID-19-specific deaths. We also explore the possibility that some groups may have benefited in terms of reduced all-cause mortality, potentially due to home-centered living conditions during the pandemic. METHODS: We produced and compared three sets of group-specific incidence rates: deaths from (1) any cause in 2020, (2) any cause in 2019, (3) any cause excluding COVID-19 in 2020. We compared rates across different socioeconomic profiles based on combinations of sex, age, marital status, education, and country of birth. CONTRIBUTION: We show that many of those who died during 2020 would not have done so in the absence of the pandemic. We find some evidence of COVID-19 mortality underestimation, mainly among individuals with a migration background. We also found groups for which mortality decreased during the pandemic, even when including COVID-19 mortality. Progression across the first and second waves of the pandemic shows that more groups appeared to become protected over time and that there was less underestimation of COVID-19 mortality in the second part of 2020. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Informal employment has been identified as an important social determinant of health. This article addresses the processes through which informal employment affects workers' health in Chile. The study's methodological approach was based on qualitative interviews with 34 formal and informal workers. The findings show how workers perceive informal employment as negatively affecting their mental and physical health through different dimensions of their living and working conditions. Incorporating a gender perspective proves to be integral to the analysis of these processes. The article concludes by discussing how neoliberalism underlies such vulnerability processes and negatively impacts on the population's health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Educational spaces are one of the most critical operations laid down with the architect, school design is a foundation to build/re-build any community. According to current financial variabilities, political crises, and continuous lack of resources, a gap between human classes is widespread, leading to extremely poor, and recently refugees' communities. Regarding to education, the problem is that traditional school buildings with fixed structures are not effective nor available to these categories with extremely low resources and barley any infrastructure, therefore, it is essential to adopt new concepts to activate the function and impact of educational spaces in these urgent communities. The study aims to create a school "system" to fulfill the task of providing educational spaces, depending on the elements of adaptability with considering social, low-cost impact according to main definitions. With implementing the child's psychological- physiological development elements, age category from 6 :13 years "Middle childhood: Early adolescence" inside the design process. In Egypt, there are several areas of extremely poor living conditions, the two highly alarming case studies are first, Upper Egypt's rural villages having the highest ratio of extreme poverty in Egypt, second, refugee camps that became part and parcel of any standing country, both representing urgent need for children's education rescue. This paper is concentrating as a beginning on first case study as it has the highest percentage of out- school children. As result, trying to fulfill the task by creating an applied school system (project-based) with the adopted criteria, suitable to selected areas main conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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• Efficiency of collars on scour reduction around bridge piers was studied in live bed condition. • Experiments were carried out in a wide range of flow up to 4.7 times the critical shear stress of bed material. • Installation of two collars, one at the streambed level and one at lower elevation led to a remarkable reduction in the depth of scouring. • Efficiency of collar depended on bed shear stress and elevation of the lower collar. • A design table is presented for the best collar arrangement based on the expected maximum shear stress. The present study was carried out to experimentally investigate the effect of single and double collar on development of local scouring around cylindrical bridge piers under live-bed condition. The single collar with diameter of 3 times the pier diameter placed on the streambed level and double collars one on the streambed level and one on a lower elevation were used. Tests were conducted with different flow intensities equal to 1.4, 2.0, 2.4, 2.8 and 4.0 where flow intensity is defined as the ratio of bed shear velocity to shear velocity of bed material at threshold of motion. One experiment was also carried out with flow intensity of 4.7 at which dunes were washed out and transition flow regime prevailed. The duration of the experiments was long enough to assure complete dune formations and multiple traverses of dunes through the pier location. Results showed that the scour depth fluctuated between a maximum and a minimum value due to the bed features migration. A graph was developed to show the efficiency of single and double collars at different positions and under different flow intensities. With two collars in place, the mean and maximum scour depths at the highest flow intensity, reduced by about 53% and 35% respectively. Efficiency of collar was better in lower flow intensities. Finally, based on the present results, a design table is presented for the elevation of the lower collar based on the flow intensity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study examines the inclusiveness of economic growth in Türkiye during the post-2000 period through an analysis of the indicators used in constructing the Inclusive Growth Index (IGI) developed by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). To ascertain the extent to which economic growth is inclusive, the performance of Türkiye for each UNCTAD IGI indicator is evaluated by comparing it with the averages of Upper Middle-Income Countries (UMICs) and Organization for economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. The analysis results indicate that in terms of achieving inclusive growth, Türkiye's performance in indicators related to living conditions is positive, while its performance in indicators related to economy, equality, and environment is inadequate. Particularly, Türkiye's performance in equality-related indicators lags far behind the UMIC and OECD averages, suggesting a continuous and rapid need for improvement in this area. The existence of comprehensive reports and action plans prepared by public institutions in Türkiye covering almost all dimensions of inclusive growth demonstrates that policymakers are not lacking in analyzing the current situation and identifying necessary actions. However, there is a lack of intention in adopting a roadmap for achieving the objectives and goals outlined in these documents and implementing them with determination. In this context, in order to achieve inclusive growth, it is crucial to internalize the issue in terms of not only action plans but also implementation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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A well-known public figure of the first Czechoslovak state, Ignác Schultz, who had emigrated from Hungary, was a representative of self-sacrificing activism. The political changes in the autumn of 1938 had an impact on his activities and living conditions as well. The present paper aims to provide some insights into Schultz's activities during the Second World War, which can still be best described in terms of activism. The paper also seeks to draw attention to the fact that Schultz tried to remain an activist after the Second World War, but that, in an ideological reversal, he committed himself to Zionism, in the face of unfavourable political events in Czechoslovakia, and remained committed to the idea until his death in 1954. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Despite the existence of official recognition and legislative measures aimed at addressing the challenges faced by the Roma minority in Albania, this marginalized group nevertheless faces adverse and challenging living conditions, restricted educational and healthcare opportunities, and a high rate of unemployment. The objective of this study is to analyze the above-mentioned difficulties within the framework of different forms of exclusion and inequality that form a designated regime of inequality, and to provide an overview of the present condition of this system in Albania. The primary theoretical framework applied in the present work is Sergio Costa's conceptualization of an inequality regime. The objective of this research is to illustrate the universal applicability of this framework by examining its relevance in the context of Roma Albanians. The present research utilizes a diverse range of data, such as reports from international organizations, scholarly assessments, and media reports, in order to conduct a thorough investigation of the unequal system that has affected the Albanian Roma community for the past thirty years. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Traditional residential courtyard is the key and difficult point of Beijing old city conservation. Although urban conservation practices have been widely conducted, the landscape, environment and living condition are still generally backward. It is urgent to explore the operation mechanism of conservation practices and understand the logical relationship between conservation actions and practical results, so as to improve the effect of the conservation practices. Therefore, this study takes the renovation project of traditional residential courtyard in Yuer Hutong as an example and constructs the analysis framework of urban conservation practice mechanism of process analysis, effect evaluation and cause reflection from the perspective of multi-participation. The study finds that the willingness and ability to participate in the conservation practice of stakeholder, and target setting, process design and mechanism guarantee of the conservation practice impact the effect of the conservation practice. The study thus proposes strategic suggestions on the conservation practice of traditional residential courtyard in Beijing, which provides elaborate design references for operation mechanism of multi-participation conservation practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This chapter is based on a qualitative interview study of the life worlds of ten women songwriters in Germany. It addresses the hypothesis that women songwriters, as part of the patriarchal structures of the music business, exist in a parallel society where they are underrepresented and confronted with gender-specific challenges that are often not perceived as such by their environment. The question of how the interviewees managed to gain a foothold in a male-dominated world is explored; the general and gender-specific challenges and stressors that come with the (musical) socialization and everyday life of songwriters are elaborated. Empowerment strategies are discussed and perspectives are presented that may contribute to a (structural) change and an improvement to the working and living conditions of songwriters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introduction: A survey was administered to the families of children hospitalized due to lower respiratory tract infections in winter. Risk factors that may cause non-recurrent LRTI and recurrent LRTI in hospitalized children were compared. Materials and Methods: Survey questions were asked to the families of pediatric patients who were hospitalized with a diagnosis of LRTI in the training and research hospital during the winter period and did not have a known chronic disease. Patients were divided into two groups: children hospitalized due to recurrent LRTI and non-recurrent LRTI (first hospitalization). Factors that may cause LRTI were compared between the two groups. Results: 47 of 77 patients (61%) were male. There were 43 (55.8%) patients between 1 and 6 months. There were 25 (32.5%) patients living in crowded houses. The number of patients exposed to cigarette smoke was 61 (79.2%). 28 (36 .4%) of the patients lived in a damp house. Five of the six patients with a history of premature birth had been recurrently hospitalized (p= 0.013). Among those with a f amily history of atopy, 80.6% had non-recurrent LRTI and 19.4% had recurrent LRTI (p=0.004). There was a positive relationship between household population and the number of smokers. Conclusion: Risk factors for LRTI include young age, male gender, atopic family history, low socioeconomic level, exposure to cigarette smoke and premature birth. History of premature birth, young age, and atopic family history are risk factors for recurrent LRTI. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The aim of this article is to compare the transformation process of women exploring two different spaces. This study primarily analyses the representation of women in post-apartheid and postcolonial South Africa and India. Flora Nwapa's novels, such as Efuru (1966), Idu (1970), and One Is Enough (1986), provide critical analysis of the condition of women from different walks of life in these contexts. This research article also examines Perumal Murugan's novels, including One Part Woman (2013), A Lonely Harvest (2018a) and Trial by Silence (2018b). These selected novels direct the study of this research to talk about certain women characters' living conditions in the suburbs, the countryside, and the university campus, like colleges and educational institutions. For this study, the social context and class structure of the post-independence Indian and South African cultures have been taken into account. The research paper also unfolds the sets of social, cultural, political, and ethical conditions of the postcolonial world. The following facets, like cultural violation, power dynamics, use of physical force to marginalise, and lack of self-respect and self-esteem, also draw attention. This article delves into women's relationships with men to represent their lifestyle, feelings and emotions. Here, the observation of women's endurance of specific traumatic experiences at the hands of men and how their struggles help them express themselves to the outside world. It also throws light upon the persistence of women and their voices to be heard in postcolonial South Africa and India during their lives. Therefore, this study culls out the life experiences of women in South Africa and India. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

India, being a developing country, faces big challenges in ensuring water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) for all. This case study presents the performance evaluation of a large wastewater management and sanitation-related infrastructure in a metropolitan city in North India. "Dravyavati River Project" is the major sanitation program of the water-stressed Jaipur city based on the concept of river rejuvenation of the long-lost Dravyavati River which flows across the city. The project envisages integrated urban water management such that it aims at the collection and treatment of wastewater (sewage network and treatment plants), safe disposal, ensuring continuous unpolluted flow, geological and ecological integrity to strengthen public health, to reduce the impact of water stress on the total water cycle by promoting groundwater recharge, and improvement in biodiversity. The technical assessment is based on the primary and secondary data collection of field samples and laboratory analysis of influent and effluent samples collected from the five sewage treatment plants (STPs). The results suggest that the project has largely delivered the envisaged environment, public well-being, and ecological and socioeconomic benefits, but there are substantial gaps in the conceived outputs and actual performance. The challenge lies in bridging these gaps and overcoming operational inefficiencies to ensure the sustainability of the Dravyavati River rejuvenation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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We studied the cytogenetic effects in the bone marrow cells of root voles (Alexandromys (Microtus) oeconomus Pall.) that lived in areas contaminated with uranium and radium as a result of the operation of radium mining (radium site) and the storage of its waste (uranium–radium site) (Komi Republic). The level and nature of mutational effects in voles from radioactively contaminated areas indicates the persistence of an increased frequency of chromosome aberrations and the appearance of individuals with an altered karyotype, which indicates genetic instability. When determining the nature of the dynamics of the mutation process in the populations studied, a high frequency of cells with micronuclei was noted in voles from the radium area, with the exception of the phase of population decline. In experiments with the use of provocative factors of chemical (urethane) and radiation (acute γ-irradiation) nature, an increase in the stability of bone marrow cells of animals living in conditions of increased background radiation has been shown. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Features of the dynamics of numbers of the common guillemot (Uria aalge) and Brünnich's guillemot (U. lomvia) have been analyzed based on long-term monitoring data obtained from colonies from the southern Barents Sea coast. Since the 2000s, the numbers of guillemots in colonies have been shown to decrease gradually. In 2019–2021, most of the guillemot colonies of the southern Barents Sea coast disappeared. Two factors have been found to affect the dynamics of guillemot colonies in the last few decades within their winter–spring range indirectly, through changes in the availability of the main food resources: the fishing industry and change in oceanographic conditions. The former affects only the birds from southwestern Barents Sea colonies, but the latter is relevant within the whole winter–spring area from the Barents Sea to the western areas of the North Atlantic and affects the guillemots' living conditions in the most critical periods of their life. In the future this may cause significant changes in the location of guillemot colonies in the southern Barents Sea. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Entering University is an important transition for students. Requires adaptation and can influence academic success. Psychological disorders might emerge when difficulties like anxiety occur due to insecurity about emotions in a student's life. We are currently living in post-pandemic conditions where pressure is increasing. The project "Toolbox: University Student - Web-interactive Platform", a platform for learning anxiety management, was developed to address this problem among university students. The main objective is to understand whether using the platform (based on cognitive behavioural theory) has effectively managed anxiety among students. It is a case study with a sample of 31 students from two Portuguese Universities, aged between 19 and 47 years. They were divided into two groups: intervention (n=17) and control (n=13). The results show that participants subjected to intervention with the interactive platform decreased their anxiety. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Few areas within the Great Lakes basin are currently free from impact of human activities, and it is important to study these reference conditions for comparison with degraded sites in those regions. Here, we use radio telemetry to investigate habitat use, movement, and habitat selection of a population of the endangered (Federally in Canada) Blanding's turtle (Emydoidea blandingii, BLTU) inhabiting a mostly undisturbed archipelago located at the northern shore of Mnidoo gamii (Georgian Bay), Ontario over two active seasons (May to September 2021 and 2022). We found a mean home range of 16.21 ha for females (n = 7) and 15.10 ha for males (n = 7). Of the five habitat classes (Marsh, Open Water, Rock, Peatland, and Forest), females used all except Peatland during the nesting season, and both sexes used all five habitat classes throughout both active seasons in 2021 and 2022. Disproportionate habitat use was detected at the landscape scale but not at the home range scale which was consistent with the hypothesis that adult Blanding's turtles residing in relatively undisturbed sites with abundant habitat types use all habitat types according to their availability. We also observed the use of open, deep water by Blanding's Turtles as travel corridors for nesting and mating. Effective future conservation strategies should prioritize the protection and connectivity of relatively undisturbed wetlands, forests, and rock barrens in this region and use this study as a reference condition to compare BLTU habitat use and movement across disturbance gradients within Georgian Bay. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Data integration has become increasingly popular owing to the availability of multiple data sources. This study considered quantile regression estimation when a key covariate had multiple proxies across several datasets. In a unified estimation procedure, the proposed method incorporates multiple proxies that have both linear and nonlinear relationships with the unobserved covariates. The proposed approach allows the inference of both the quantile function and unobserved covariates and does not require the quantile function's linearity. Simulation studies have demonstrated that this methodology successfully integrates multiple proxies and reveals quantile relationships for a wide range of nonlinear data. The proposed method is applied to administrative data obtained from the Survey of Household Finances and Living Conditions provided by Statistics Korea, to specify the relationship between assets and salary income in the presence of multiple income records. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study focuses on the subjective experience of the living conditions of adults with intellectual disabilities as related to the Uppsala Quality of Life model (UQoL2). Eleven semi-structured interviews were conducted to study issues raised by people with intellectual disabilities. Study participants had their own home, either in an ordinary dwelling or group home. The findings show that the dependence on support in daily life infringes on the sense of adult social status and control of life. Staff and family had a mandate to define Quality of Life, which countered the possibilities of a life based on the preferences of those with intellectual disabilities. Knowledge about factors that affect living conditions, one of the social determinants of health, has implications for public health in general and the development of society's efforts for people who are in lifelong dependence on support and service from others. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Noting that the doctrine of the general resurrection attracted renewed attention after the Reformation, and after the atomist revival led to the displacement of traditional hylomorphism by alternative matter theories, this article surveys the ways in which the resurrection was discussed by leading natural philosophers in seventeenth‐century England. These include discussion of how bodily resurrection might be possible, what resurrected bodies will be like; as well as the nature of living conditions after the resurrection. It is indicated that the resurrection seems to have played a much less prominent place in the writings of natural philosophers than the doctrine of the immortality of the soul, and other issues of natural theology. Reasons for this lack of prominence are tentatively offered, chiefly focusing on its unsuitability for combatting the perceived atheism of the time. It is hoped that this preliminary survey might inspire others to extend the survey, especially to cover Continental philosophers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The prediction of suitable area is a method for predicting the potential distribution by using the maximum entropy model. This study predicted the potential suitable habitats for the genus Cricotopus of Chironomidae in China. The latitude and longitude information of 98 distribution sites of Cricotopus in China and the biological environmental factors and altitude distribution in China were collected, and suitable habitats for Cricotopus were predicted, obtaining the suitable ranges and areas of Cricotopus in China, which is consistent with the known living conditions of Cricotopus. The study on the diversity of Cricotopus and the prediction of its suitable habitats provide a theoretical basis for Cricotopus in water monitoring and paddy fields, as well as basic data for the study on the genus Cricotopus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper introduces a three-fold Fay–Herriot model with random effects at three hierarchical levels. Small area best linear unbiased predictors of linear indicators are derived from the new model and the corresponding mean squared errors are approximated and estimated analytically and by parametric bootstrap. The problem of influence analysis and model diagnostics is addressed by introducing measures adapted to small area estimation. Simulation experiments empirically investigate the behavior of the predictors and mean squared error estimators. The new statistical methodology is applied to Spanish living conditions survey of 2004–2008. The target is the estimation of proportions of women and men under the poverty line by province and year. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]